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Sand Butte Wilderness Study Area
The Sand Butte Wilderness Study Area is a Bureau of Land Management wilderness study area (WSA) in Lincoln County, Idaho, Lincoln County, Idaho. It covers about . The WSA is located to the south of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. Sand Butte itself is located in the northeast corner of the WSA, and has a maximum elevation of 4974 feet, standing approximately 300 feet above the surrounding plain. It is not composed of sand, but basalt lava of Pleistocene age, of the Snake River Group.Kuntz, M.A., Champion, D.E., Lefebvre, R.H., and Covington, H.R. ''Geologic map of the Craters of the Moon, Kings Bowl, and Wapi lava fields, and the Great Rift volcanic rift zone, south-central Idaho''. Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1632. 1988. Map Scale: 1:100,000 The WSA is accessible only by unimproved roads and offroad trails, or by hiking. Shale Butte Wilderness Study Area is to the south, and Raven's Eye Wilderness Study Area is adjacent to the north. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln County, Idaho
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,127. The county seat and largest city is Shoshone. The county is named after President Abraham Lincoln. The Idaho Territory was created in 1863, during the Lincoln Administration of 1861–65. Lincoln County is included in the Hailey, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. Lincoln County was created by the Idaho Legislature on March 18, 1895, by a partitioning of Blaine County, which was created earlier that month by a merger of Alturas and Logan Counties. Lincoln County itself was partitioned on January 28, 1913, with a western portion becoming Gooding County and an eastern portion becoming Minidoka County. The county assumed its present borders on February 8, 1919, when a southern portion became Jerome County. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.4%) is water. Adjacent counties * Camas County - nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
